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The Senate on Monday locked down a deal for a vote on the government funding bill to end the government shutdown, which is now in its 41st day.
At a hearing on health care affordability Wednesday, senators left the door open for a bipartisan agreement that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies before year’s end, a day after many of their colleagues had essentially slammed it shut.
A bipartisan deal on health care remains elusive in the Senate with a key vote on Affordable Care Act tax credits set for next week.
Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday sent a letter to the White House requesting the “immediate removal” of Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s appointee at the General Services Administration (GSA).
Is the government shutdown over yet? Not quite. The Senate approved a deal to end longest U.S. shutdown on Nov. 10. House members vote next.
The House of Representatives unanimously voted to pass a bill Monday that extends the Medicare hospital at home program for five years. | The House voted unanimously to pass the bill, which will allow Medicare patients to receive hospital-level care in their homes through health technology.
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate now needs to vote.
By a 60-14 margin, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate has voted that it has no-confidence in the leadership of Chancellor Rodney Bennett.